His New Job
1915 | 29m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Charlie Chaplin |
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| Writer: | Charlie Chaplin, Louella Parsons |
| Staring: |
| When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 01, 1915 |
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| Director: | Charlie Chaplin |
| Writer: | Charlie Chaplin, Louella Parsons |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | black and white, silent film, short film |
| Production Companies | The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Charlie Chaplin | Film Extra |
| Ben Turpin | Film Extra, in Anteroom |
| Charlotte Mineau | Film Star |
| Leo White | Actor, Hussar Officer |
| Robert Bolder | Studio President |
| Charles J. Stine | Director |
| Arthur W. Bates | Carpenter |
| Jess Robbins | Cameraman |
| Gloria Swanson | Stenographer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charlie Chaplin | Writer, Director, Editor |
| Louella Parsons | Writer |
| Name | Title |
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| Jess Robbins | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Charlie Chaplin turns up for an interview at the "Lockstone" film studios (they've even got a water cooler!) - desperate for a job... He'll do anything, which is just as well because every task he his assigned by the director he manages to cock up. It's funny for about ten minutes, the timing and pr ... ecision seems effortless but, despite the introduction of a few new foils for his humour (the leading lady, leading man and a poor old chippie just trying to get the sets built) it gets quite predictably repetitive pretty soon. There are only so many times you can get away with poking someone with a sword, or a stick; or hitting them on the head with a plank - before the performance becomes, well, routine. It shows off the acrobatic talents of the star well, too - but again, as with slapstick in general for me, has no subtlety to keep the humour crisp and fresh.